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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{audio|en-us-behaviour.ogg|Audio (US)}} |
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===Alternative forms=== |
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* [[behaviour]] (everywhere except US) |
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* {{l|en|behavoure}}, {{l|en|behavier}}, {{l|en|behaver}}, {{l|en|behavor}}, {{l|en|behavour}} |
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===Etymology=== |
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From {{suffix|behave|ior}}, apparently in simulation of {{term|havior|lang=en}}, {{term|haviour|lang=en}}, {{term|havour|lang=en}}. Compare {{etyl|sco|-}} {{term|havings||behavior|lang=sco}}, from {{term|have||to behave|lang=sco}}. |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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# The way a living creature [[behave]]s or [[act]]s. |
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# The way a device or system operates. |
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====Usage notes==== |
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* Adjectives often applied to "behavior": human, animal, physical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, organizational, corporate, social, collective, parental, interpersonal, sexual, criminal, appropriate, inappropriate, correct, incorrect, right, wrong, good, bad, acceptable, unacceptable, poor, ethical, unethical, moral, immoral, responsible, irresponsible, normal, odd, deviant, abnormal, violent, abusive, aggresive, offensive, defensive, rude, stupid, undesirable, verbal, nonverbal, learned, professional, unprofessional, adaptive, compulsive, questionable, assertive, disgusting, self-destructive. |
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# {{alternative form of|behaviour}} |
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====Related terms==== |
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{{rel-top|the actions of organisms}} |
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* [[behave]] |
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* [[behavioral]] |
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* [[behavioralism]] |
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* [[behavioralist]] |
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* [[behaviorism]] |
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* [[behaviorist]] |
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* [[behavioristic]] |
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* [[behavior pattern]] |
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* [[behavioral science]] |
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====Translations==== |
====Translations==== |
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Revision as of 03:29, 18 October 2012
See also: behaviour
English
Pronunciation
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Noun
behavior (plural behaviors or -) Template:US
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Translations
behavior — see behaviour
External links
- “behavior”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “behavior”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.